February 2012
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Think Progress: Mitt Romney's Top Out-Of-Touch Moments →
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It was hard for us to narrow this down to 6. We have more out-of-touch moments (complete with video) at Think Progress.
6. “I like those fancy raincoats you bought [to people wearing plastic ponchos]. Really sprung for the big bucks.’”
5. “I know what it’s like to worry about whether or…
"At 9, he settled a dispute with a pistol. At 13, he lit out for the Amazon jungle. At 20, he attempted suicide-by-jaguar. Afterward he was apprenticed to a pirate. To please his mother, who did not take kindly to his being a pirate, he briefly managed a mink farm, one of the few truly dull entries on his otherwise crackling résumé, which lately included a career as a professional gambler." →
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The actual Most Interesting Man in the World died last week. If you haven’t taken a minute to read his obituary, please do so now.
“It’s like cartwheeling naked through a cactus field.”
— Woodrow Wilson” —
— Woodrow Wilson” —
Marco Kaye, McSweeney’s
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Happy President’s Day Weekend!
“The West Wing writers room would not have come up with the idea of running a presidential campaign in which an African-American gets elected. Because the realism view would have said that’s not possible. And I say that with no disrespect for the creative process, but rather with a greater respect and awe for the real world.”
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I love this.
West Wing Writer Lawrence O’Donnell: ‘Of Course’ Obama Is A Better President Than President Bartlet
(via nickbaumann)
